Halloween haunts in the Peoria area

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Posted Oct. 25, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated Oct 25, 2012 at 5:52 AM

Posted Oct. 25, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated Oct 25, 2012 at 5:52 AM

Looking for Halloween thrills? Check out these area events ...

- Spider Hill offers a Massacre Mansion haunted house, Trail of Terror walking path and Boo Barn (indoor area with not-so-scary movie screenings, concessions, face-painting and a general store), Three Sisters Park Chillicothe. Open Friday and Saturday. Gates open at 6 p.m., scares start at 7 p.m. Tickets are sold until 11 p.m. Cost: $10 for haunted house, $10 for walking trail.

- Prowl and Howl, featuring South Side Cindy, 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday at Wildlife Prairie State Park's Train-sylvania Station as part of Wildlife Scary Park. Tickets are $5 for members and $13 for non-members (park admission is included). Dance the night away in your scariest best.

- Peoria Asylum's Bowen Building Tours, Friday and Saturday night. Short historic tours start at 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. Admission is $10 per person. Paranormal ghost tours run from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and 9 to 11:30 p.m. Admission: $25 per person. Overnight paranormal ghost tours start at midnight and end at 6 a.m. Admission: $100 per person. All tours require a flashlight. All floors and rooms are open. No one under the age of 10. Located at 4100 W. Pfeiffer Road, Bartonville. Visit Peoria-asylum.com or call (573) 701-5635.

- East Peoria Zombie Apocalypse, 5:45 p.m. Friday. Zombies should arrive in the parking lot at Town Center II near the old ShopKo, now Halloween City, by 5:30 p.m. At 5:45 p.m. participants will parade along the businesses in Town Center II, then along Main Street, up East Washington Street to McKinley Street, then through the Kroger parking lot, across Main Street and end at Firehouse Pizza, 240 S. Main St., where they will get a free slice of pizza. Presented by East Peoria Youth Council and open to all ages. Participants age 13 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Visit www.cityofeastpeoria.com.